"Well, the fact is that TSA was offered a fair deal multiple times to fly the airplanes, unlike Freedom. If pilots didn't want it, doesn't matter what happened in negotiations or whether they didn't get what they wanted, if pilots didn't want the flying then there is nothing wrong with the formation of a separate airline to have a separate work force."

What exactly was the "fair deal" that was offered? A buck fifty more to fly a larger aircraft and the ability to pick up more chicks in a bar since your airplane is bigger and shinier than mine? I may be wrong since I didn't work there, but wasn't TSA management offering the pilots crap wages to fly the "heavy" CRJ's? which is why they told management where they could stick their heavys?